Truckee Municipal Code Ch. 7.01 Definitions

This Chapter provides definitions of terms and phrases used in this Title that are technical or specialized, or that may not reflect common usage. If any of the definitions in this Title conflict with definitions in other provisions of the Municipal Code, these definitions shall control for the purposes of this Title.

The following terms, words and/or phrases shall have the meaning herein provided.

Director. The Town of Truckee Community Development Director, or his/her designee.

EPA. The United States Environmental Protection Agency.

EPA Certified Appliance. Any wood or other solid fuel burning appliance utilized for space or water heating or cooking that meets the performance and emission standards set forth in Part 60, Title 40, Subpart AAA and QQQQ, Code of Federal Regulations. Phase II appliances (including solid fuel burning appliances, heaters or devices, pellet fueled wood heaters, wood-fired hydronic heaters and forced-air furnaces) must meet the emission requirements adopted by the EPA. For solid fuel burning appliances, heaters or devices, or pellet fueled wood heaters the PM limit is 4.5 grams per hour for catalytic and non-catalytic devices. For wood-fired hydronic heaters, the PM limit is .32 pounds per million Btu heat output. For wood-fired forced-air furnaces, the PM limit is .93 pounds per million Btu heat output. As of May 15, 2020, Phase II appliances (including solid fuel burning appliances, heaters or devices, pellet fueled wood heaters, wood-fired hydronic heaters and forced-air furnaces) must meet the following emission requirements adopted by the EPA: For solid fuel burning appliances, heaters or devices, or pellet fueled wood heaters the PM limit is 2.0 grams per hour for catalytic and non-catalytic devices, if emissions are tested using cribs (if tested with cord wood, the limit is 2.5 grams per hour). For wood-fired hydronic heaters, the PM limit is .10 pounds per million Btu heat output (if tested with cord wood, the limit is .15 pounds per million Btu heat output). For wood-fired forced-air furnaces, the PM limit is .15 pounds per million Btu heat output.

Open Masonry Fireplace. Any solid fuel burning appliance primarily constructed on site of masonry products such as brick, stone, clay, or other precast stone or concrete products.

Pellet Fueled Wood Heater. Any solid fuel burning appliance designed to heat the interior of a building that operates on pelletized wood and has an automatic feed.

Permanently Inoperable. Modified in such a way that the appliance can no longer function as a solid fuel burning appliance or be easily remodified to function as a solid fuel burning appliance. Conversion to gaseous or liquid fuels, such as natural gas, is permitted.

PM Limit. The EPA-established limit on particulate matter emissions allowed to be emitted by solid fuel burning appliances, heaters or devices. This limit is expressed in grams/per hour of operation for solid fuel burning appliances, heaters or devise and pounds per million Btu heat output for wood-fired hydronic heaters and forced-air furnaces.

Solid Fuel Burning Appliance, Heater, or Device. Any fireplace, fireplace insert, wood stove, wood heating device, pellet fueled wood heater, wood-fired hydronic heater or wood-fired forced-air furnace or coal stove or structure that burns wood, coal, or any other nongaseous or nonliquid fuels, or any similar device burning any solid fuel for aesthetic, water heating, or space heating purposes.